Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

Amir E. Aharoni, 31/07/2012 08:35: Hello, There are many projects in small languages. People want to develop them, but are often not sure what should they do. Even something basic like "improve existing pages and write new ones" may not be obvious. Is there something like a "task list for new p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

A bot that can be given a list of the important templates, or categories of templates, would be good for starting a new project. Once articles exist, at least some meaning comes through and it's more likely people will edit them. (Machine translations would be nice too, but realistically if a mach

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

Looks good! This list is about right, and having been part of setting up zh-yue.wp I agree it'd be much better to make sure founders of new Wikipedia language editions have this list. A few comments though: I wouldn't put that much emphasis on MediaWiki help pages. In addition, village pump, admin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

Deryck Chan, 31/07/2012 12:23: In addition, village pump, admin noticeboard and help desks are overrated; they're much better dealt with being one centralised discussion board to begin with, then split if there's adequate participation. Overrated? Most wikis don't have any of those [allegedly]!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > * Create useful templates, like {{welcome}, {{citation needed}}, > {{infobox}}, {{delete}} etc. Wikidata should fix the issue with templates. Thus, soon the manual should be fixed with "translate templates <1>, <2>... into your language a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

Milos Rancic, 31/07/2012 12:53: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: * Create useful templates, like {{welcome}, {{citation needed}}, {{infobox}}, {{delete}} etc. Wikidata should fix the issue with templates. Thus, soon the manual should be fixed with "translate templates <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Amir E. Aharoni > wrote: >> * Create useful templates, like {{welcome}, {{citation needed}}, >> {{infobox}}, {{delete}} etc. > > Wikidata should fix the issue with templates. Thus, soon the manual > should be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

Wikidata will still help with the task at hand, but it should be formulated as: - Translate certain templates, like city templates etc., to the target language - Provide labels to relevant items on Wikidata in the target language Simplified this means the template ''City'' Country: {{#getfro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

2012/7/31 Denny Vrandečić : > Country: {{#getfromwikidata:country}} And this is just a place holder syntax for now. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Christine Moellenberndt < christine...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Hi everyone, > > It's been a bit since I last emailed this list (or any list, for that > matter!)... you may remember me, I worked at the Foundation last year in > the Community Department, working with P

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to India Program

Dear Barry, Just a question . What will happen to Wikimedia India Programme Trust[1] I Think it need to be answered in FAQ[2]. In my observation, the registration of a third entity , at a safe distance from Wikimedia Foundation and Chapter was a major organisational mistake in Wikimedia India pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to India Program

On 31 July 2012 21:26, Anivar Aravind wrote: > Dear Barry, > > Just a question . > > What will happen to Wikimedia India Programme Trust[1] > I Think it need to be answered in FAQ[2]. > In my observation, the registration of a third entity , at a safe > distance from Wikimedia Foundation and Chap

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to India Program

On 30 July 2012 16:18, Barry Newstead (WMF) wrote: > As a follow up to Hisham's message, I would like to thank Hisham for his > efforts in support of Wikimedia in India. He has been a great partner to the > Wikimedia Foundation team and has worked tirelessly to build the India > Program. He

[Wikimedia-l] Language committee report, July 2012

The Language Committee (Langcom) report for July 2012 was published. The Langcom reports used to be published on this list too for some time, but that has stopped and they were only put on Meta. I would now like to resume putting the monthly report here. See the wiki version on https://meta.wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 09:35:49AM +0300, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > Hello, > > There are many projects in small languages. People want to develop > them, but are often not sure what should they do. Even something basic > like "improve existing pages and write new ones" may not be obvious. > > Is t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

FT2 wrote: > A bot that can be given a list of the important templates, or categories of > templates, would be good for starting a new project. Once articles exist, > at least some meaning comes through and it's more likely people will edit > them. Maybe. People should be _extremely_ cautious whe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A task list for a beginning project

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > * Translate articles about worldwide topics from big Wikipedias There's also this list: -- Casey Brown (Cbrown1023) caseybrown.org __